Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Lightroom is a photo editor and library in one. Its AI tools select the sky, the subject or the background with a click, so you can bring back a washed-out sky or lift a shadowed face without painting masks by hand. Generative remove takes out a tourist, a sign or a power line from a scene.

Edits sync between the phone app and the desktop, which suits a writer who wants to cull and edit on the road and finish at home. Presets make a set of photos from one trip look consistent.

Check the rules of the outlet you write for before you remove or add elements: many publications and photo contests limit what you can change in a documentary travel photo, and some require disclosure.